The Cylinder Archive [www.cylinder.de] release for August 2010:

This lively played number by the Edison Concert Band predates the famous version by Bessie Smith by more than a quarter century. It features very distinctive ragtime influence. This Edison brown wax cylinder dates from approx. 1900/01 and was pitched to a playback speed of 140rpm.

Cylinders of this era would be still copies made by a pantograph. However, an increased playback pressure applied to the source cylinder did allow a better volume. The Edison laboratories had just started to use small series of molded cylinders to be used as master source records for final pantographic copies.


This audio is part of the collection: The Cylinder Archive [www.cylinder.de] - Collection Site
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Artist/Composer: Edison Concert Band
Date: 1900
Keywords: cylinder record; brown wax; edison; hot time; ragtime; band; march; medley

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